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multiply

[muhl-tuh-plahy] / ˈmʌl təˌplaɪ /


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Multiply those two numbers together and you get each group’s personal inflation impact—measured in percentage points—for each category.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Multiply that figure by 12, and your annual additional income requirement comes to $48,000.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 22, 2026

Multiply that by the share of Americans who buy gifts, and the total quickly reaches hundreds of billions each year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

Multiply that by the number of competitors, and what results will be a nightmarish swarm of metal debris surrounding our planet.

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2025

Multiply these daily frustrations by a few billion, and you begin to see that the curse of knowledge is a pervasive drag on the strivings of humanity, on a par with corruption, disease, and entropy.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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